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Parenting

UPLAND >> A 31-year-old father delivered his son in the family SUV early Sunday after his wife went into labor while en route to the hospital.Bronson Chavez was born to Vanessa and Hugo Chavez at 1:44 a.m. Sunday in the garage of the family’s Upland home, according to San Bernardino fire officials and the joyful but exhausted father. The newborn and mother rested comfortably at a hospital, Hugo said.“They’re both doing amazing,” he said.

Theft

FONTANA >> Investigators wearing bulletproof vests sit in unmarked cars outside a recycling center, swapping license plate details over two-way radios before dawn.A truck emerges, and they follow, hoping to learn where drivers pick up what to many looks like trash but turns out to be treasure: cardboard.“It’s big, big money — for somebody,” said Steve Rivera, a senior investigator with the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office...

By Amy Taxin
The Associated Press

Medical marijuana

UPLAND >> Several residents are claiming they were misled by petition gatherers of a medical marijuana ballot measure by being told it was an effort to outlaw dispensaries.One resident even told the City Council recently he felt he was...

President's Day

In observance of Presidents Day, all schools, city and government offices, and banks will be closedPost offices will be closed, usps.com.Metrolink trains will run on a regular schedule, metrolinktrains.comOmnitrans buses also will run on a regular schedule. Foothill Transit buses will be on a holiday schedule with only the Silver Streak and a limited number of other lines running,

NBA basketball

NEW YORK >> Bernard King remembers the rugged battles under the basket, trading elbows and shoves for a precious rebound. Every possession was important because losing meant leaving the court.King learned to play on blacktops in Brooklyn, where reputations are earned and nothing’s given.“Sometimes,” the former Knicks star forward said, “playing the game on the playground was tougher than playing in the NBA. At least in the NBA you had...

By Tom Withers and Antonio Gonzalez
The Associated Press

Religion & Worship

POMONA >> In light of the 40 percent to 50 percent divorce rate in the nation, the bonds of matrimony may need more than just a little maintenance and upkeep, The Sunday after Valentine’s Day was a day to do just that as 30 couples at the Shield of Faith church renewed their wedding vows. Marriage durations for the participants...

Missing persons

CLAREMONT >> Jin Wuwei, a shy 16-year-old from Beijing, left behind his three favorite books when he departed from his lodgings here Friday — the last time he has been seen.He came to America with his mother to look at colleges. They started their tour in the Bay Area and arrived in Claremont on Wednesday.Just after 12:40 p.m. Friday, Jin walked north from...

Traffic

Construction work in Fontana on the 10 Freeway at Cherry Avenue this week will require closing some lanes of the freeway in both directions this week Tuesday through Friday nights.The continuing improvements to the freeway bridges at Cherry will cause alternating lane closures on the westbound 10 on Tuesday through Thursday from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. and Friday from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. The eastbound lanes will have lane closures Tuesday through Thursday from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.

NBA basketball

NEW YORK — Russell Westbrook scored 41 points — one shy of Wilt Chamberlain’s record — and was selected MVP of the All-Star Game after leading the West to a 163-158 win over the East on Sunday night at Madison Square Garden.Oklahoma City’s flashy guard set a record with 27 first-half points, helping the West build a 20-point lead that was eventually erased. And beyond his array of high-flying dunks, drives and 3-pointers, Westbrook celebrated almost...

By TOM WITHERS
The Associated Press

UCLA

NEW YORK — Mixing Broadway and basketball, this NBA All-Star Game was a West Side Story.Russell Westbrook scored 41 points, one shy of the All-Star record, and the Western Conference beat the East 163-158 on Sunday night.The Oklahoma City speedster had a record 27 points by halftime and closed out the scoring with two free throws, falling one point shy of Wilt Chamberlain’s 42 points in the 1962 game. He was voted the game’s MVP.The NBA’s...